Samsung Lollipop Release: 7 Things to Know This Week

Over the course of the past week or so, we’ve seen Samsung make substantial progress with its Galaxy Android 5.0 Lollipop update process. The Galaxy S4 Lollipop update is starting to pick up pace, the Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 update continues to roll out and the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop update is rolling out for the first time. Today, we want to take a look at all of this new information and relay several bits of information that we think you should know about this week.

When Google re-announced its Android 5.0 Lollipop update back in November, several companies used the stage to make a few announcements of their own. Companies like HTC, Motorola and Sony all promised Android 5.0 Lollipop upgrades in the future with some passing along very specific information about their plans.

Samsung did not take part in the festivities. Instead, the company opted to remain silent for several weeks before delivering its first piece of Galaxy Android 5.0 Lollipop update news. That news came in the form of a Samsung Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop roll out. The update, which hit just one model in one region, delivered a wealth of new features including Google’s Material Design. Since then, Samsung’s been making moves and we’ve seen a number of new updates emerge in 2015.

Because Samsung has so many different phones and tablets on so many different carriers, information regarding its Android updates can be hard to track down, especially for those that don’t follow along on a day-to-day basis. That’s where we come in. We want to help make following Android 5.0 Lollipop’s journey to Samsung devices as painless as possible for you.

Today, we take a look at what we think you need to know this week about the Galaxy Android 5.0 Lollipop update from Samsung.

Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop Release Making Progress

The international Samsung Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Lollipop release continues to make substantial progress in the first half of February. The update, which has been rolling out since December, recently landed for France, Slovakia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Romania, Montenegro, and more. The SM-G900F update has seen a strong push this month and it’s showing now signs of slowing down.

Here in the United States, the Galaxy S5 Lollipop update is only available on two carriers, Sprint and Verizon. We’ve taken a deep dive into both the Sprint Galaxy S5 Lollipop situation and the Verizon Galaxy S5 Lollipop situation. It’s still not clear when AT&T, U.S .Cellular and T-Mobile plan to roll out their versions of the software though typically, major carriers manage to release software just a few weeks apart.

Smaller carriers like MetroPCS have yet to make their plans known though we suspect that these smaller carriers will follow the roll outs from major U.S. carriers.

Galaxy S5 Lollipop Problems

This week, we outlined some of the initial Galaxy S5 Lollipop problems that owners in the United States, and elsewhere, are facing after replacing Android 4.4 KitKat.

Samsung’s latest Galaxy Note 4 update is now available for users on SK Telecom in South Korea. The fact that the update rolled out just a day after the initial release came as a surprise to us but it’s certainly a good sign for Galaxy Note 4 users. It likely means that more Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop updates are on their way.

U.S. carriers remain silent about the Galaxy Note 4 Lollipop release but it should only be a matter of time before we see one or two start pushing out the Galaxy Note 4’s first big upgrade.

Galaxy S4 Lollipop Release Picking Up Speed

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Lollipop release has gained a lot of ground in the past week or so. While it’s still very limited, the company’s managed to get the software out to two different models, the international version of the regular model and the Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A. The former is currently getting Android 5.0 in Russia and India while the latter is getting the update in Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia.

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Lollipop update is massive, nearly 1GB in size, and it requires 3GB of free space to install Over-the-Air. This is the biggest Galaxy S4 update in years and there’s a chance, given the device’s age, that it will be its last.

Thus far, carriers remain silent about the Samsung Galaxy S4 Lollipop release though we suspect to start hearing more about its arrival as we push deeper into the year. Some carriers always confirm details in advance. They can’t help it.

Galaxy Note 2 Lollipop Update “Confirmed”

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 Lollipop update was “confirmed” this week by Samsung Poland. We’re using quotations because regional arms of Samsung have been wrong about update information in the past so until we hear it straight from the horses mouth in South Korea, we’re going to remain very skeptical of these details.

Other Incoming Updates

It’s also worth noting that Rogers says that it’s going to roll out a Galaxy S5 Active Android 5.0 Lollipop update in the future though its release date remains shrouded in mystery due to the testing process.

We know that Samsung plans to update the Galaxy S5 mini, Galaxy Alpha and Galaxy Note Edge though we haven’t seen any details emerge for any of these devices.